Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1887-07-15
The PARIS TOWER.
what tho Protector Ut the Gigantic strue-
tarc Has to say About IL.

tnrc Has TO say About IL.
Paris is to have the greatest tower IN
the world, after all. NJ. Eifels tower.
which the Government has authorized
him 10 raise on the Champ de Mars
will dominate all Paris. and surpass, IN
fact almost double, in height the high
est existing structure. iaper1y' u
whom such homage was paid for her
grandeur and greatness, is but aplgm,
III the statue " ORD compared with this
gigantic monster Lord Nelson's mon
amcnt, London. is l62 feet; "liberty.
New York, 40 feet; St. Paul's. Lon
don, 800 feet; the Great Pyramid, 4oo
feet; 81. Peters. OF Rome, 50f feet; The
Cologne Cathedral, 532 feet; the Wash
ington Monument, at present the higt-
est in the world, 55j feet; and the fa'ls
Tower is 1000 feet In order to find
ont what NJ. Ethel had TO say to the
various objections which have been
made To his tower, and TO get hi
opinion on il utility. | called on HIM
the other day at his works at Lenallois-
Perret. To him his great projection Is
synonymous with the success of the
exhibition.
"rhey begin by declaring" he re-
marked. referring 10 his adversarles,
"that my tower is not French. 1t is
big enough and clumsy enough for the
| English or Americans, but il is not our
stvle. they say. We are occupied more
with little artistic bi6eiots than giants OF
bad taste like your,o But though we
are occupied most with art and music.
| that is no reason. said he, emphatic
ally. "why we should not show the
world what we can do in the way OF
great engineering projects. And as
for its being bad taste, why, on the con-
traly, ii will be one of the chief orna-
ments of the towa. One OF the most
frequent objections made to the tower
is that it is useless. That is another
error. Take its Importance, for in
stance, from meteorological point OF
view. II is not every day that meteor
ologists can get up one thousand feet
above the soil. This tower will enable
them 10 study the decrease of tcmpera-
tme at different heights. to observe the
| variations of winds find out the guam
| tity of rain that falls at different
heights and the density of the clouds.
Indeed, in all that relates to tempera-
tire, hygrometry, air currents and the
composition of the air, the tower will
afford opportunities for study and re-
search, many of which have hitherto
been impossible. 1t will be equally
useful to astronomers. Here experience
with the spectroscope can be carried
on with great facility; the laws d
refraction and the physical aspects
of the moon, planets and nehuls
studied in most favorable conditions.
have received testimonies from savants
on all these points. Then there i
its utility from a military point o
view. In the event of another siege o
Paris see how important this towe
would be. Communication could b
kept up by means of optic telegraph
for 4 great distance around Paris; flo
from the summit You could have mag
niiicent panorama extending from Il
10 $50 hilometers. Paris by night, dee
: Grated and illuminated as it will b
during the exhibition, is sight whic
before was only within the reach {
aeronauts. In fact. the tower will b
! the chief attraction of the exhibition
Sir Cunlifle Owen remarke ed to me Jus
the other day: do you think that W
English will come to look at your littl
bibetots and pots of pomade? No. bu
5 we will come in hundreds 10 see YOU
tower"
what If it topple over, NJ. EiffelP
There is not the least danger G
that. In our construction of the lowe
we have calculated on the force of til
. wind. We have calculated that III
. tower will normally withstand win,
5 pressure of 800 &ilogrammes per squar
i meter, which amounts to a total pres
= sure of 2,250,000 kilogrammes. W
4 have made this calculation on the mos
i favorable hypothesis possible. W
5 have reckoned the trellis work as full
Q walls, and made other allowances
S And as the strongest tempests evel
known in Paris have never been be
| yond pressure of $50 kilos per squar,
! meter. the tower is perfectly secure
2 Should wind bearing force of 9o(
= kilos arise, little would be left stand
/ ing in Paris but the tower. "-Paris Cor
: Pan Nan G0zcfts